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PATENTED IAN G. P. Bless. .SAMPLE TRUNK. APPLICATION FILED IIA-Y 31,1906.

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GEORGE F. BIGGS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SAMPLE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented raul 22,1907.

Application iiled May 31, 1906. Serial No. 319,548.

To al?, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Brees, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Sample-Trunks, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which*Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sampletrunk embodying the featuresof my invention, and Fig'. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing theconnection between the table and the rear wall of the trunk.

This invention relates to sample-trunks, such as are used by commercialtravelers for carrying the goods or articles which they sell and theobject of my invention is to provide a trunk having a display-tablewhich can be moved into an operative position when the trunk is open tohold the goods or yarticles which the traveler is offering for sale.

I have herein shown the preferred form of my invention as consisting ofa trunk provided with a hinged front wall and a plurality of trays whichcan be extended when the trunk is open and a movable display-table thatis located between the trays and the rear wall of the trunk when thetrunk is closed and which is supported in an operative position by thelid of the trunk when the trunk is open.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of myinvention, 1 designates a plurality of trays which are superimposed uponeach other inside of the trunk, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. Thesetrays are pivotally connected together by links 2, and the front wall 3of the trunk is hinged, so that said trays can be extended, as shownbydotted lines in Fig. 1, the to most tray being provided withsupportingegs 4. A table 5 is interposed between the trays 1 and therear wall 6 of the trunk when said trays\are in their closed position,as shown in Fig. 1, and

said table is provided on its under side and preferably near its endswith guide-rods 7 that extend through eyes 8 in the rear wall 6 of thetrunk, as shown in Fig. 2. Preferably said eyes S are pivotally mounted,herein shown as a ball-and-socket connection, and when the lid 9 of thetrunk is open said table can be drawn out and arrangedl in a horizontalposition, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, to support thearticles which it is desired to display, the lid of the trunk preferablyacting as a support for the table. There is no danger of displacing thetable when it is in its operative position, and thus upsetting thearticles contained thereon, as the table is at all times connected tothe rear wall of the trunk.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have devised asample-trunk containing a display-table which takes up practically noroom when the trunk is closed and which canbe moved into an operativeposition when the trunk is open to hold the goods or articles which thetraveler is offering for sale, the table being provided with a suitablecovering to act as a background for the goods which are being displayed,and thus set them o to better advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A sample-trunk comprising a lid, a table arranged inside of the trunkadjacent the rear wall thereof and being adapted to be drawn out of thetrunk and arranged in a horizontal position on the lid when it isopened, a rod connected to the table, and an eye in the back of thetrunk through which said rod extends; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 25th day of May, 1906.

GEORGE F. BIGGS.

Witnesses:

W. F. COTERON, G. W. LOONEY.v

